Where does “Goldschraube” come from?

Goldschraube (German) comes from German gold, from Middle High German golt, from Old High German gold, from Proto-West Germanic golþ — gold.

Goldschraube (German): gold screw

Definitions

  1. gold screw

Ancestry of “Goldschraube”, step by step

Goldschraube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangoldgold (chemical element, Au)
2Middle High Germangolt—
3Old High Germangold—
4Proto-West Germanicgolþgold

via German Schraube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchraubescrew
2Middle High Germanschrūbescrew machine
Every word from Proto-West Germanic golþ →